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Audacious Gardening: On Daring to Care - Wonderground

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I had a phone call the other day from an old acquaintance. We talked for a while about my work before he said, “You know, George, you’re really putting yourself out there. You are way out beyond the breakers.” The phrase—beyond the breakers—is an Australian way of saying someone is existing on the edge of things; that they’re in risky territory, beyond the safety of the beach and the predictability of waves crashing on the shore. It’s lonely out there, he told me, offering his support. I was grateful and surprised. I’d never really considered what I do, what I’m trying to do, as anything other than what I should, what I can. But I stopped for a while, and though a little more. Of course, it’s madness, this mission of mine to change the world through gardening. Of course, it’s seen as curious that I write of gardening as a counterforce to disconnect, a salve to the illusion of human separateness and control, and a path toward what it means to live a truly good life. Of course, it’s too

I had a phone call the other day from an old acquaintance. We talked for a while about my work before he said, “You know, George, you’re really putting yourself out there. You are way out beyond the breakers.” The phrase—beyond the breakers — is an Australian way of saying someone is existing on the edge of things; that they’re in risky territory, beyond the safety of the beach and the predictability of waves crashing on the shore. It’s lonely out there, he told me, offering his support. I was grateful and surprised. I’d never really considered what I do, what I’m trying to do, as anything oth

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